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Nouriel Roubini, co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics, warns that the benefits of QE and a boom in shale gas will not be able to outweigh the negative effects of the sequester on the US economy.

The FMHR traders discuss comments made by Nouriel Roubini that the market could jump 15 percent; and CNBC's Mary Thompson reports while the size of inflows is notable, ICI says strong inflows at the beginning of the year tend not to last.

Thursday was a big day for the euro. European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi unveiled a plan that could see the central bank buying up unlimited amounts of bonds in a move he believes makes the euro irreversible and will draw a line under the euro zone debt crisis. Markets reacted positively to the news, but as always with the euro zone debt crisis, there is a snag.

Nouriel Roubini, the economist known for his gloomy predictions, told CNBC Friday that he is still pessimistic on the outlook for the U.S. — and that he expects a further round of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve in December.

A robust and self-sustaining U.S. recovery is not on the cards, and we should now expect below trend growth for many years to come, according to Nouriel Roubini, the economist famed for his bearish views.

Governments in Europe should lower taxes and increase salaries to boost growth rather than insisting on austerity and continued saving, famous economist Nouriel Roubini told a German newspaper in an interview on Tuesday.

Spain will eventually need a bailout, as its heavy private debt burden is increasingly weighing on sovereign debt levels, Arnab Das, managing director of market research and strategy at Roubini Global Economics, told CNBC.

With borrowing costs for the euro zone’s peripheral nations rising and a battle over growth versus austerity set to dominate politicians' attention, two leading contrarians have taken aim at the current policy response. 1st paragraph goes here

"The euro zone needs a real depreciation in the periphery to achieve the restoration of growth, external balance and competitiveness," economist Nouriel Roubini told CNBC at the Ambrosetti workshop in Italy.

The rally in stock markets has been a major theme in recent months, staying in the positive despite uncertainties, but a strategist at Roubini Global Economics has misgivings about the upside from here.

Famous economist Nouriel Roubini, credited for predicting the financial crisis, made a plea to policymakers to take the tough action needed to address current economic problems, in an article published on the Financial Times' website.

As European Union leaders prepare for yet another crisis summit meeting next week to discuss fundamental changes in economic governing, there are growing concerns that the latest potential approach will not be enough to stabilize the markets and preserve the euro. The NYT reports.